λύκιον
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
τό, A dyer's buckthorn, Rhamnus petiolaris, found in Cappadocia and Lycia, Dsc.1.100, Plin.HN12.30, 24.125, Gal.12.63. 2 λ. ἰνδικόν, = λογχῖτις, Dsc. l. c., Gal.12.216; also λύκειον Apollon. ap. Gal.12.616. II a decoction from λ. 1.1, used medicinally, ib. 63, IG14.2406.2,4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 69] τό, eine bes. in Lycien wachsende Dornenart, sonst πυξάκανθα, Diosc. – Auch ein aus den Zweigen und Wurzeln dieser Pflanze gekochter, als Heilmittel gebrauchter Saft, Medic.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λύκιον: τό, εἶδος ἀκάνθης τῆς Λυκίας, = πυξάκανθα, Διοσκ. 1. 132, Πλίν. 24. 77. ΙΙ. ἀφέψημα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήσει ἰατρικῇ, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5681, 5779, κ. ἀλλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
1 nerprun des teinturiers, arbrisseau de Lycie;
2 fruit de cet arbre, employé en médecine.
Étymologie: Λύκιος.
Greek Monolingual
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: dyers buckthorn, Rharnnus petiolaris, also decoction from it (Peripl. M Rubr., Dsc., Gal.).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]
Etymology: Perh. prop. "the Lycian (plant)" after its place of origin: Dsc. 1, 100 φύεται δε πλεῖστον ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ καὶ Λυκίᾳ, though with the addition: καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις δε τόποις πολλοῖς. Cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 122.
Frisk Etymology German
λύκιον: {lúkion}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Färberwegdorn, Rharnnus petiolaris, auch Dekokt davon (Peripl. M Rubr., Dsk., Gal. u. a.).
Etymology : Wohl eig. "die Lykische (Pflanze)" nach dem Standort: Dsk. 1, 100 φύεται δὲ πλεῖστον ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ καὶ Λυκίᾳ, allerdings mit dem Zusatz: καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ τόποις πολλοῖς. Vgl. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 122.
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